Creed Aventus sample smells nothing like tester

I sparayed Aventus at neimans and loved it. Went back the next day and scored a sample vile on a card. Put some on this evening and it smells nothing like what I was smelling from the real bottle. Is this normal?

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There can be differences with any scent on card and on skin. Too, there are the infamous Avenus batch variations. Third, when you smelled it on card, you may have been smelling it for what... Maybe 10 minutes? The scent develops over an hour or two.

I don't mean to assume you're totally new to men's scents jayhawks, but no scent smells like the opening notes for the entire wearing. That's why the mantra here is sample sample sample. Sniff in store can be misleading. The opening notes are meant to hook people at first whiff.

Aventus starts with a big blast of pineapple that fades away in about one half hour. Then oakmoss and musk take over. Whatever it morphs into, I personally can't smell it after one hour, but others can.

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Let me guess, one smelled like Pineapple and the other like ash?
Yeah, that's the famous batch variations. I didn't like Aventus because of the ashy base at first, but it's starting to grow on me the more I sample it.

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I dont know where the hell you buy your creeds guys but since the release of Aventus, I bought maybe 5 or 6 bottle, my friend who wore it too also bought maybe 3-4 bottle and they always smelled the same damn thing. Even the testers that got changed MANY times at the stores always smelled the same thing. I don't know if the batch problem is only in the USA or something but here in montreal, all the bottle from Ogilvy store have never got any batch problems... My friend who work there told me that since the release of Aventus, all the returning customers told her that they never saw anything different from their previous Aventus bottles.

..And the Aventus here where I buy it, its almost only a pineapple juice smell. The oakmoss and musk are not that present.. AND, on skin it stays for more than 24h even after a shower....... really weird... but I ENJOY THAT!!

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Originally Posted by coolboy153

I don't know if the batch problem is only in the USA or something but here in montreal, all the bottle from Ogilvy store have never got any batch problems... My friend who work there told me that since the release of Aventus, all the returning customers told her that they never saw anything different from their previous Aventus bottles.

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Good Idea. I don't know if its just a matter of luck but well, its awesome. The only problem is the price. 320$ or 340$ CAN, TAX NOT INCLUDED! So... with the tax included its like 360$ US for 120ml... Its expensive loll but.. it worth it!

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Just to confirm if you are not trolling: which Neimans did you go to? I have wide coverage of neimans in the US and can either go there myself to confirm your claims or have someone test it or send me a sample.

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Originally Posted by coolboy153

I dont know where the hell you buy your creeds guys but since the release of Aventus, I bought maybe 5 or 6 bottle, my friend who wore it too also bought maybe 3-4 bottle and they always smelled the same damn thing. Even the testers that got changed MANY times at the stores always smelled the same thing. I don't know if the batch problem is only in the USA or something but here in montreal, all the bottle from Ogilvy store have never got any batch problems... My friend who work there told me that since the release of Aventus, all the returning customers told her that they never saw anything different from their previous Aventus bottles.

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Excuse me if I have no particular judgments of Creed one way or the other, but it seems ridiculous to contend that any such well-established company, one that as a matter of course produces such products on a daily basis, would find themselves somehow unable to maintain a consistent product quality.

Is it the consensus that their raw materials supplies are terrifically irregular in nature, and as a result the whole thing is out of their hands, or simply that they are a bunch of dummys ?

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Originally Posted by KMF

I think this is just a case of using a tester bottle (spraying) vs dabbing from a sample vial. There is a pretty big difference, and not just with Creed.

I agree with this comment for sure. Please explain to me why you think this happens? I used to splash my cologne from the sample vial but when I bought a bottle I thought it opened the same(the juice) but dried down differently. Why do you think this happens and do you know how to get the Aventus bottles top sprayer off and be able to use it as splash? Thanks